Official report from Captain James Thomson (2nd Battalion, 6th Regiment) to Major John Gardiner regarding a press gang impressment operation in Douglas harbour on the night of 13-14 August 1811. Thomson defends his soldiers' conduct during an altercation between locals ('Fishermen') and Lieutenant Hawkes's press gang, explaining military assistance provided and use of ball cartridge. Documents civilian resistance to impressment and civil-military tensions on the Isle of Man.